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accents and

dialect A dialect is a Variety (linguistics), variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standard language, standardized varieties as well as Vernacular language, vernacular, unwritten, or non-standardize ...

s of the

Welsh language Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic languages, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales by about 18% of the population, by some in England, and in (the Welsh c ...

found in north

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, and centred on

Caernarfon Caernarfon (; ) is a List of place names with royal patronage in the United Kingdom, royal town, Community (Wales), community and port in Gwynedd, Wales. It has a population of 9,852 (with Caeathro). It lies along the A487 road, on the easter ...

, in

Gwynedd Gwynedd () is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy, Denbighshire, and Powys to the east, Ceredigion over the Dyfi estuary to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The ci ...

, and its surrounding district. A person from Caernarfon is known colloquially as a . has been called "one of Wales’ most famous regional dialects". In 2011, the Welsh television production company organised a special event at Caernarfon Town Football Club celebrating the dialect. The event was filmed as part of a television series known as . According to broadcaster Mari Gwilym, "s are straight as arrows and we are extremely proud of the dialect as it is a real asset to Wales. Caernarfon has earned a reputation throughout Wales as the town of the s which I think is great because it’s an extremely important part of their heritage". The dialect has been "immortalized" in the radio monologues of Richard Hughes and in William Owen's stories (1961) The actor Dewi Rhys is a . He has written a book on humour called . He comments: "I don’t think we as s try and be individual, but we just are. We like to think that we’re life’s losers, but we look forward to getting out there and doing different things. When you first meet a , you’re usually greeted with this deadpan sort of look, you can never tell what’s going through their minds. That’s probably down to shyness or a desire to be left alone. I think it’s fair to say that you don’t get much small talk with a ." Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales has a recording of Gareth Wyn Jones speaking the dialect. is an opera in the dialect which has been produced with the help of children from the housing estate in Caernarfon. The idea behind the ‘ Opera’ is to create, produce and perform an opera with children from the estate performing alongside professional opera singers; the opera forms part of the project based in Caernarfon's Centre. The opera has been produced with the help of Caernarfon

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Meirion MacIntyre Hughes,

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Owain Llwyd and

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Ed Holden.

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Examples of Cofi slang

The Welsh Language today
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